dog sees god: confessions of a teenage block head by bert v. royal

I read the play dog sees god :confessions of a teenage blockhead by Bert V. Royal. The play is about what the peanuts characters would be like as teenagers. The story is set right after Snoopy's death . At the beginning of the play Charley brown is writing to his old pen pal and at one point he says "may be you just read my letters and laughed or maybe you didn't read my letters or maybe you don't even exist. It was pretty frustrating when I was young ,but now I'm glad you wont respond just listen. That's what I want." This got me thinking ,we humans have a tendency to settle for things because it's just easier to except what you have ,no matter how awful, then to go after something good. I think this especially related to teens because teenagers tend to be the most insecure. 

Every one wants that perfect person they can turn to with anything who will listen to them and respond exactly the way you want them to. Evan if his pen pal doesn't respond at least they listen. Teens so often feel like no one really cares about their opinion so if there is someone out there  who Will just listen to you unconditionally any teen would happily talk to them.  Charley brown settles for his "pen-pal" because he knows the pen pal will just listen to him .No real person that he knows of would have the courtesy to simply listen or be there for him.

Charley brown is settling for this imaginary person who never responds because he has no one else to turn to .Like many teens Charley brown feels he has no one to talk to, he feels alone. He has nobody to talk to but his elementary school pen pal .Many teens feel alone and don't have many people to talk to.

Even if he did have someone else to turn to he wouldn't go to them because he is so scared they'll say something mean or hurtful. Many people especially teens are scared of what others will think of them. Teens are often scared to open up to another person because they are scared of judgement or criticism. Charley brown settles for an imaginary person because he is to scared to open up to a real person.

Charley brown is a relatable character for most teens because he settles for less then he deserves because he feels he has no other option and he's scared to look for something better.